coal mines and mining

Ocean liners: John Currie - Mauretania

This photograph is taken in Canada Dock in Liverpool, 1909. The gentleman in uniform is “Mauretania’s” first Chief Engineer, John Currie. ..RMS MAURETANIA was one of the most famous ships ever built on Tyneside... More

Map of the first and second anthracite coal fields

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Map of the first and second anthracite coal fields

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Map of the canals and rail roads connecting the Broad Top Coal Region ...

Map of parts of Pennyslvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware indicating major drainage, relief by hachures, boundaries, cities, and towns. A table of distances appears at left of map. Scale [ca. 1:660,000].... More

Map of the first and second anthracite coal fields in Pennsylvania : e...

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Map of the Reading & Columbia Rail Road connecting New York via the Je...

Sketch map of eastern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland indicating the railroad network and the connections with the coal fields. Shows major drainage, cities and towns, and four main coal field areas. Scale c... More

Map of the Williamsport and Elmira Railroad with its connections.

The map covers parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Indicates counties and major cities. Chartered on June 9, 1832. Opened to traffic in 1854. Name changed in 1860 to Elmira and Williamsport... More

Map and profile of the Sunbury route Susqua. Rail Road from the termin...

Map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states showing the railroad network, cities, towns, railroad stations, canals, and coal fields. Scale ca. 1:950,000. Across bottom of map: "Profile from Harrisburg to E... More

Map showing the principal rail road in the middle & adjoining states, ...

Map of the north-central and middle Atlantic states showing cities, the railroad network, and the coal region boundaries. Scale ca. 1:1,850,000. LC Railroad maps, 83 Description derived from published bibliogra... More

Colton's North Carolina - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Lighthouse Little Diamond Island -- Maine

Caption: Looking easterly at dock, along north sie of new coal shed, from the embankment. Date: 3/12/1930 District: 1 State: ME Maine -- Little Diamond Island

Lighthouse Little Diamond Island -- Maine

Caption: Looking easterly at dock, toward the new and old coal sheds, from the embankment. Date: 3/12/1930 District: 1 State: ME Maine -- Little Diamond Island

Map of the canals and rail roads for transporting anthracite coal from...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Map of the canals and railroads for transporting anthracite coal from ...

Detailed map of eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York and New Jersey showing drainage, relief by hachures, state and county boundaries, cities, towns, and coal fields. Scale [ca. 1:325,000]. LC Railroad ma... More

Geological and topographical map of the anthracite fields of Pennsylva...

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Tyskt ånglok "Juno", tillverkat av Maffei, en av de viktigaste pionjär...

Tyskt ånglok "Juno", tillverkat av Maffei, en av de viktigaste pionjärerna inom järnvägen.

Middle Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Black and white copy photo enlargement. Shows commercial buildings at foot of Middle Street at corner of North Front Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Multi-story building at right with signs "SAIL LOFT" and ... More

[Early photographic view of Washington, D.C. from Capitol Hill, lookin...

Northwest view with 1st, B, C, D streets, and Indiana Ave. in the foreground; view includes the Washington Jail, Aldrich's Wholesale Flour, Grain & Feed Warehouse, Dyers American House, Shamokin & Lykins Valley... More

[Coal Regions, Pennsylvania] - Early photography, Public domain image

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Map of the anthracite coalfields of Pennsylvania

The second half of the 19th century was the peak of anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania. This 1886 map illustrates the geology of the region, and uses two modern techniques to visualize minerals below ground... More

Title map of the coal field of the great Kanawha Valley.

Shows land ownership. Includes locator map, text and 6 geological sections. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Map of the mines, canals, and rail roads owned or controlled by the Le...

Relief shown by hachures. "May 1867." Publisher's statement from t.p. of accompanying text. Detached from corporate annual report. Accompanied by: Map of the Lehigh & Susquehanna Rail Road : showing its present... More

Map of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.'s coal property near Mauch Chu...

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Brown Brothers, sidewalk and vault lights, for lighting basements, are...

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Brown Brothers, copyright claimant. Dean, J. W., p... More

[Butler Coal Breaker, Scranton, Pa.]

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[Coal Dock of Penna. Coal Co., Newburgh, N.Y.]

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Map of the Monongahela River from Pittsburgh to Brownsville showing th...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Pacific Mail SS Co. coal yard and tramway, undated

Note on the glass negative enclosure says that this is a "copy". Circa 1871 per note on the copy negative.

Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compile...

Map of northwest part of United States and southwest part of Canada showing relief by hachures, drainage, isotherms, the wheat region, cities and towns, forts, routes and trails, the railroad network and the pr... More

Map showing the Sodus Point & Southern Railroad and its connections.

Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, coal in Pennsylvania, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Chartered in 1852. Reorganized in 1875... More

H. & E.R.R. Depot, and burning coal wharf

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Map showing the line of the Louisville, New Albany, and St. Louis Air ...

Map of the middle Atlantic and central United States showing drainage, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main lines. Indicates coal field in Illinois a... More

Maps showing the connections of the Northern and Southern West Virgini...

Main map shows central West Virginia including drainage, cities and towns, the coal region, and the railroads. General map shows northeastern United States with its railroad network. Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroa... More

Map showing the projected route of the Potomac and Ohio Railway.

Middle Atlantic area showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, coal in West Virginia and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. Incorporated by the West Virginia legislature, 1867-68. Scale ... More

Docked Coal Schooners - New Bedford library collection

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Map of the "Slaughter's Creek" coal & timber lands, 2,907 acres, Kanaw...

Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) with a pasted correction square in lower right corner, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H263 Available also through the Library of Co... More

Philadelphia Centennial Exhibits

Description: Exhibits at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in the United States Government Building include a totem pole, minerals, paintings, and mineral technology exhibits. The Smithsonian coord... More

Topographical map of the coal and iron ore lands of the Cambria Iron C...

Scale 1:21,600; 1800 ft. to 1 in. Hand colored. Relief shown by contours. Shows mine entries and workings. Includes 3 cross sections, 4 "Columnar sections showing coal measures at Johnstown, Sonman & Bennington... More

A trainload of coal from Pittsburgh fields for Lake Superior consumpti...

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Map of the Loup-Piney Divide coal lands in Fayette and Raleigh cos., W...

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Miners going into the slope, Hazelton, Pennsylvania

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Map of the Loup-Piney Divide coal lands in Fayette and Raleigh cos., W...

Pen-and-ink and pencil, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H256 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes 3 geological cross sections. In pencil on verso: 339.

Kaitangata, Coal Co's Mine, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

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Map of the New River Coalfield on C.& O. R.R. /

Shows Fayette and Raleigh counties, West Virginia. Pen-and-ink and crayon, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H259 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. An inset c... More

[Map showing the location of Roaring Run Furnace lands in Alleghany Co...

[The roller for the willow coal at the Imperial Gunpowder Factory] / t...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 19. Photograph taken by the Imperial School of Engineering Photography Unit. (Source: Imperial self-portrait: The Ottoman Empir... More

[Survey of a tract of 9,138 acres of coal lands on the New River in Ra...

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Map showing location of Flat top, New River, Gauly Lower Measures coal...

Incorrect scale cited in LC Civil War maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil on verso of lined paper, mounted on cloth. Includes notes and instructions for draftsman. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H254 Available also thro... More

Kaitangata, Coal Co's Mine, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio

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Exteriörbild av Rylander & Rudolphs Fabiks AB i Stockholm sett från He...

Exteriörbild av Rylander & Rudolphs Fabiks AB i Stockholm sett från Henriksdals järnvägsstation.

Unloading Coal - Public domain dedication, Art Institute of Chicago

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Maps showing the Toledo, Cincinnati, & St. Louis Railroad and its conn...

Midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, coal in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Includes the railroad system with emphasis on the main line. Scale 1:1,267,200. Inset: ... More

Railroad map showing the lands of the Standard Coal and Iron Co. situa...

Detailed map of the north-central and Great Lakes region showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, coal fields, names of railroads, and the railroad network. 13641 U.S. Copyright Offic... More

Map showing the road of the Coal and Iron Railway Co. and the coal and...

Map of the middle Atlantic states showing drainage, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads. Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroad maps, 386 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through... More

Map showing location &c. of "Middleton" coal lands, Fayette County, W....

Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H261 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. "Plate no. 3." In pencil on verso: 204.

Map of the Rio Grande and Pecos Railway showing its connections with t...

Outline map of the U.S. Southwest showing major drainage, cities and towns. Railroad lines are named and narrow gauge lines are in red. The "Cannel Coal Field" is indicated. 8159 U.S. Copyright Office Scale not... More

A geological and topographical sketch map of the New York and Westmore...

Scale 1:12,000 (not "1/5940"). Relief shown by contours. Shows bore holes, mine heads, and limits of coal bed. Includes cross and vertical sections. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ... More

A geological and topographical sketch map of the New York and Westmore...

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Map showing the Seaboard, Pennsylvania and Western Railroad and its co...

Map of northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, coal fields in Pennsylvania, and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. 9836 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:950,400. Inset: [Connectio... More

Map of Great Kanawha coal field showing location of mines.

Includes cross section. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Map of part of the great Flat-top coal-field of Va. & W. Va. showing l...

Shows parts of Tazewell County, Virginia and Mercer County, West Virginia. Pen-and-ink, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H238 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

The Am. Manufacturer's map of the New River & the Flat-top coking coal...

A correct map of a section of the United States showing the allignment...

Map of parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and coal fields. Railroad network distinguished by color. 11389 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:1,267,200.... More

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Map of Alabama, showing location of property owned by the Fort Payne C...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Map showing the location of the Flat-Top Coal Field and present and pr...

Detailed map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroad network.

A geological and topographical map of the New Boston and Morea coal la...

Scale 1:4,800; 400 ft. to an in. Relief shown by contours. Shows rock outcrops, limits of coal beds, and lease boundaries. Includes 11 cross sections, inset of railroad outlet routes for anthracite, and list of... More

[Colliery, Rhodesia]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

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[Breaker boys, Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania]

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Plymouth coal breaker, Pa - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011615. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania, shaft house

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Train station Plymouth coal breaker, Pennsylvania - Public domain phot...

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Gävle - Dala Järnväg, GDJ A 5 "Falun"

Gävle - Dala Järnväg, GDJ A 5 "Falun" Public domain image of steam locomotive, railroad, railways, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania, shaft house

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011588. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[C5266-C5270] Oswego, NY--Near West 1st and West 2nd Streets

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Breaker boys, Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011589. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

South western Virginia and environs : Big Stone Gap, Va., coal, iron &...

Scale ca. 1:950,000. Relief shown by hachures. Reference meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Stamped on LC copy: Rogersville. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Partington - Coaling Basin, gelatin silver print

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E. B. coal packets in rear of branch

Coal packets in rear of E. Boston branch Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Atlas Iron Works (San Francicso, CA), possibly 1890-1895

Atlas Iron Works: cable cars being built. Pacific Steam Whaling Co. (Arctic Oil Works); Mission Rock, ca. 1890-1895? Hulk of ORIZABA (built 1854; paddle steamer) behind stack w/ smoke pouring out. Note downeast... More

Map showing land holdings in Muddlety Cr. Coal Field in Nicholas Co., ...

Mining coal three miles under ground, Pennsylvania

Stereograph showing two men in mine shaft; one seated using pick ax and the other with mule and cart filled with coal. Copyright 1895 by, Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New Yo... More

Vätgasapparat. Stereoskopisk bild.

Vätgasapparat. Stereoskopisk bild. Public domain photograph, Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Section of coal beds in Flat-top Mountain /

Elevation profile of a section of coal beds. Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H240 In ink: No. 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site a... More

Test av vätgasapparaten. Kontrollapparaterna anslutna till de större t...

Test av vätgasapparaten. Kontrollapparaterna anslutna till de större tork- och reningskistorna. Stereoskopisk bild.

U.S.S. Massachusetts, fire room

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Vätgasapparaten provas. Stereoskopisk bild.

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Coal section of Flat-top Mountain / - Public domain map

Shows area from Pineville to the mouth of Crane Creek in West Virginia. Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H239 Available also through the Library of Congres... More

U.S.S. Massachusetts, fire room, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroi...

Attribution based on negative D4-20590. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020593. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer act... More

Boones map of the Black Diamond System of Railways, J. D. McKisson del...

Detailed map of southern United States from Cincinnati, Ohio, to northern Florida. Shows drainage, the Ohio River railroad system, cities and towns, county boundaries.

Firing up the wrong boiler / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows President McKinley holding an oil can labeled "Patronage" and turning the crank on a "Prosperity Engine" while Nelson Dingley shovels coal into a damaged "Protection Boiler" labeled "High Tariff Def... More

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 6, general vi...

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Kolgivningsbrygga. Gamla lokstallarna vid Skansen Lejonet

Kolgivningsbrygga. Gamla lokstallarna vid Skansen Lejonet Public domain image of steam locomotive, railroad, railways, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Schakt nr. 1 i Bjuv, Höganäs Stenkolsgruva, 1897.

Schakt nr. 1 i Bjuv, Höganäs Stenkolsgruva, 1897. Public domain image of the industrial revolution, 19th-century, historical photograph, Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coal dump foundation showing Guastavino arches, Billerica Massachusett...

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, re...

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Escanaba, Mich., coal docks - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Escanaba, Mich. Vessel loading - Detroit publishing company. Public do...

"Detroit Photographic Co." Listed in Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Mounted back to back with "01970. Escanaba, Mich. Coal docks." May have been part of an album. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01969. Gift; State His... More

Lackawanna coal chutes, Buffalo

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011473. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.